José Villarrubia
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| Birth name | José Antonio Villarrubia Jimenez Momediano |
| Born | November 17, 1961 (age 45) Madrid, Spain |
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| Area(s) | Colorist, painter, photographer |
| Notable works | The Mirror of Love, Voice of the Fire, Promethea |
José Villarrubia (born in Madrid, Spain, November 17, 1961) is an artist who has done considerable work in the American comic book industry, particularly as a colorist. Villarrubia's fine art photography has been exhibited in the U.S., Latin America and Europe, in institutions such as the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is a professor in the Illustration Department of the Maryland Institute College of Art. He has also taught at Towson University, the Baltimore School for the Arts and the Walters Art Museum. He has lectured extensively about art at Johns Hopkins University, the College Art Association, Dickinson College, the ICA in London, the Williem de Kooning Academy, the Naples Academy of Art, and the MacWorld UK Convention.
In comics, Villarrubia has done digitally manipulated illustrations for Veils, Promethea and The Sentry. As a colorist he is frequent collaborator of Jae Lee (Hellshock, Fantastic Four 1234, Captain America), Bill Sienkiewicz (Sentry/Hulk, X-Men Unlimited), J.H. Williams III (Promethea, Desolation Jones), Paul Pope (Solo, Project Superior, Batman: Year 100), Scott Hampton (Batman: Gotham County Limits), Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man/Doctor Octopus: Year One, Wolverine, Spider-Man: Reign), Ryan Sook ('Spider-Man Unlimited, X-Factor) and Richard Corben (CAGE, Ghost Rider) He has won the Comicdom Award for best colorist for his work on X-Factor, has been nominated twice for the Eisner Award for best colorist and has been included in The Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition.
With writer Alan Moore, he has produced two illustrated books, both published by Top Shelf Productions: Voice of the Fire and The Mirror of Love. Mirror has been translated and published in French as Le Miroir de l'amour (November 2006) by Carabas Revolution and in Spanish as El Espejo del Amor by Ediciones Jaguar (June 2007).
[edit] Interviews
- PopImage, March 2000
- The Modern Word, August 2004
- PopImage, March 2005
- Broken Frontier (part 1), August 2006
- Broken Frontier (part 2), August 2006
- Comic Book Bin, April 2004
- Gay League, 2003
- Slush Factory, March 2003
- Baltimore City Paper, June 2003
- Newsarama, 2003
